The overwhelming number of data breaches and other IT security incidents last year are well documented and it’s likely the volume and sophistication of attacks will only grow in 2016. At the same time, organizations expose themselves to more IT risk by expanding their infrastructures; more assets mean more potential vulnerabilities. What with employees spending more time accessing company data than they were three years ago, privacy and information related concerns have consistently increased across the C-suite. But fewer than 50 percent of employees accessing this data understand the legal and compliance implications of their information-related decisions. However, current efforts to ensure corporate control often slow down the business while paradoxically diminishing corporate compliance's influence and compliance executives must address how to enhance compliance's influence without increasing business costs.

ARCON, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra proffers ARCOS a comprehensive solution for Privilege Access Management (PAM) that enables management of privileged accounts while helping clients to meet compliance requirements from a single platform. The solution provides a layer of abstraction over the underlying infrastructure fabric thus enforcing users to logon by using user-id, passwords and a unique OTP (One Time Password). The platform further has the ability to provide required access on a “need to know, need to do” basis helping track each privileged user’s activities distinctively. The solution thus not only provides a secure umbrella to the underlying IT infrastructure and data but also maintains complete audit trail of activities. Further, the ARCON platform provides clients with the unique feature of accessing control even with the super user-ids. The tool identifies vulnerabilities and assesses risks at various levels like the OS, database and web servers. “ARCON provides for improved efficiency and productivity through a single console for all administrative tasks while the built-in workflow makes the day to day task easier for all IT support staff. Similarly, the dynamic access control over super users creates an added security layer hence protecting clients against critical error statements which can not only lead to significant down time but also loss of business,” says Anil Bhandari, Chief Mentor.

Moreover, ARCON enhances security posture from internal threats as a result of which the client's critical information remains impregnable for cyber attackers. Along the same lines, ARCON provides for live session details that help in generating real time alerts and automated actions which help improve response time both from the operations and security fronts. As the solution displays high productivity visibility and comprehensive coverage, ARCON realizes the philosophy of "Eyes Always On" and stands as a must have solution for IT Governance.

Bestowing Clients with ARMS to Battle Against GRC Challenges
In the past, GRC programs were looked upon as an additional, non critical activity but with changing regulatory requirements and increasing stakeholder expectations, organizations can no longer ignore the importance of implementing an effective GRC program. Endeavoring to provide its experience in risk and control functions by creating solutions for different risk events ARCON proffers ARMS. A Unified Governance Framework, which can be plugged into various tools to provide a real time solution to business risk, ARMS comes pre-loaded with elements which comprehensively covers all aspects of GRC - including templates for risks, audits, regulatory policies, asset management and other controls; that are seamlessly woven into workflow based model to manage and support business processes. ARMS helps enterprises to effectively manage their complex risk functions seamlessly thanks to its ready to use templates and set of integrated processes which enable maintaining and monitoring of the entire lifecycle. "ARMS is built on the best in class Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) principles, thereby enabling organizations to have a holistic approach towards risk and audit management," comments Anil.

Simplifying BYOD risks via ARSIM
In this era of rapidly changing enterprise IT infrastructure that displays a global workforce and trends like social integration and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), the enterprise IT infrastructure is in constant flux. Helping C-level executives see clearly through a maze of BYODs, is ARSIM. Yet another gem from the company's bouquet of offerings, ARSIM is a risk, security and information management tool that aids clients to undertake automated risk assessment and analysis. Enabling a central repository of all IT risks and associated controls, automates information flow for risk assessments, the product provides for initiating necessary actions. The ARSIM Framework includes robust and scalable architecture which while being highly customizable also provides for web and windows based user interfaces. Moreover, the powerful connectors and agents of ARSIM work across technologies with several servers and databases. The product's strategy is aimed at taking proactive measures in reducing vulnerabilities by providing a layered architecture of defense while helping plug in vulnerabilities that exist in IT systems, policies and standards that allows threats to compromise a system. "ARSIM's mechanism presents unique obstacles to the adversary and is embedded with both protection and detection measures. Thus, the adversary faces an increased risk of detection as well as makes penetrations difficult. We call this the "Defense in Depth"," adds the proud Mentor.

Listed as a “Representative Vendor” in Gartner’s Market Guide for PAM Solutions and the Sample Vendor” in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for IAM Solutions, ARCON prizes client satisfaction above everything. Leveraging a team of experts with strong domain knowledge, ARCON has been competing with the big players of the industry like IBM, which has further helped them prove their mettle in the industry. Intending to be the next 100 billion dollar company, ARCON treads surefooted in the GRC domain.